Record Number: 28593

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'I have read the Briefechsel, a second time, with no little satisfaction; and even today am sending off an Essay on Schiller, grounded on that work, for the Foreign Review.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 3 Nov 1829 and 22 Dec 1829

Country:

Scotland

Time

n/a

Place:

county: Dumfries
specific address: Craigenputtoch

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Thomas Carlyle

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

4 Dec 1795

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Writer / Academic

Religion:

Lapsed Calvinist

Country of Origin:

Scotland

Country of Experience:

Scotland

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Schiller & Goethe

Title:

Correspondence

Genre:

Letters

Form of Text:

Print: Serial / periodicalUnknown

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

28593

Source:

Print

Author:

Thomas Carlyle

Editor:

C. R. Sanders

Title:

The Collected Letters of Thomas and Jane Welsh Carlyle

Place of Publication:

Durham, North Carolina

Date of Publication:

1970

Vol:

5

Page:

49

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Thomas Carlyle, C. R. Sanders (ed.), The Collected Letters of Thomas and Jane Welsh Carlyle, (Durham, North Carolina, 1970), 5, p. 49, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=28593, accessed: 17 March 2025

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Additional Comments:

Taken from letter from TC to Goethe, dated 22nd December 1829, written at Craigenputtoch, Dumfries. Pages 48-51 in this edition. Date range is an estimate based on date of this letter and date of a previous letter, written on 21st November, in which he refers to having read this for the first time.